This page is intended as a guide to media reports and Hansard extracts regarding Mootaz Attia Mohamed Hasan, more commonly known as
Abu Quassey, the infamous people-smuggler convicted in Egypt in December 2003 of people smuggling and 'homicide through negligence' for the 353 lives lost on the fatal SIEVX voyage. On appeal, Abu Quassey's sentence was reduced to just five years and three months in total. (Spelling variations include: Quessay, Quessai, Quassy, Kaiz and Kossay).